Current development applications in combination with a full build-out on Gospel Rock and the George Hotel will over-tax the aquifer
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We need affordable housing! What the heck is the problem? Part 1
In a two-part series, The Coast Clarion investigates why affordable housing is so very hard to achieve on the Coast.
Continue readingWe need affordable housing! What the heck is the problem? Part 2
In a two-part series, The Coast Clarion investigates why affordable housing is so very hard to achieve on the Coast.
Continue readingSquamish is doing a good job creating affordable housing
District’s housing policy is aggressively called “Affordable Housing Strategy and Action Plan”; at least 372 new units are in pipeline
Continue readingFirst two affordable housing units in Gibsons are ready for move-in
Tenants for Franklin Road project selected, can move in on May 1, rent is 30-35 per cent of gross income
Continue readingPublic questions location for affordable housing
Director of planning Lesley-Ann Staats gives an update on affordable housing project in forest at the end of Shaw Rd
Continue readingHiding in plain sight: the truth about affordable housing
There is a group whose housing needs are not addressed, and it is no less than one-third of all households
Continue reading“Imagine sitting under a tree all day, every day, in the rain, for months”
The Upper Deck homeless shelter in Sechelt is no luxury hotel but it is a safe, warm place to stay
Continue readingTwo homeless sisters in poor health are living in a single motel room, with no end in sight
Even if they pool their resources, Louise and Linda Nason cannot afford a one-bedroom suite on the Sunshine Coast
Continue readingCoast housing crunch drives battered women back into abusive relationships
Yew Transition House : “Women realize it is impossible to rent a safe place with the $375 welfare shelter allowance”
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